(Larimer County officials have not publicly detailed the allegations, but a Boulder police report characterized the case as an investigation of sexual assaults at the Shambhala Mountain Center.) Related Articles Gayner said he has been in contact with the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office regarding its investigation into “alleged incidents in SMC’s past,” and reached out to make sure detectives were aware of the 1990s incident reported by The Post. “That these incidents occurred in past decades does not absolve current SMC leadership of our moral responsibility,” Gayner said in the statement. In one incident, former Shambhala Mountain Center staff member Karuna Thompson said her concerns about what she believed to be a sexual relationship between a middle-aged staffer and an underage girl in the late 1990s were brushed off by other employees. “SMC’s Governing Council and I want to acknowledge and apologize for the reported incidents and the pain caused by the failure to address them appropriately,” Gayner said in the statement. Some of the incidents detailed in that report occurred at the Shambhala Mountain Center, the organization’s 600-acre meditation grounds at Red Feather Lakes in the foothills west Fort Collins. RELATED: Shambhala, the Boulder-born Buddhist organization, suppressed allegations of abuse, ex-members say The statement by executive director Michael Gayner and the center’s Governing Council came in response to a report published by The Denver Post on Sunday detailing Boulder-born Shambhala’s long history of suppressing abuse claims within the organization. The leadership of the Shambhala Mountain Center released a statement Wednesday apologizing for failing to appropriately address sexual misconduct and other abuse at the international Buddhist organization’s Larimer County meditation center. We will also email program registrants, so be sure that is in your address book.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu WINTER IS COMING!Denver Center closures due to inclement weather will be posted here and at the top of the Programs page. If you are experiencing any symptoms, please do not attend in person. To visit the Denver Center, we no longer require proof of vaccination for Covid.

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